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Geographical information retrieval - finishing touches
In my last post back in July I wrote about the development of a set of APIs and an interface for geographically querying historical places and their annotations, which allows users to browse a long...
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New technological approaches to cracking the proto-Elamite code
New technology has allowed researchers to come closer than ever to cracking the world’s oldest undeciphered writing system. Researchers from the University of Oxford and the University of Southampton...
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Bioarchaeological view of Transition to Agriculture in USA
Agriculture represents a drastic change in the evolution of complex human societies. Archaeological data collected regarding this period attests to a wide ranging adaptive responses including changes...
View ArticleI fiumi e la città. Geoarcheologia urbana a Padova e in Italia
Mapparoject partecipa a: I fiumi e la città. Geoarcheologia urbana… →
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La carte nationale des sites archéologiques et des monuments historiques,...
La carte nationale des sites archéologiques et des monuments historiques : feuilles 1/50 000Responsable Scientifique et Administratif : Mustapha KHANOUSSIResponsable NTIC : Ali DABBAGHI 1. Nature:...
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Archaeological Conservation Strategies in the Near East, Fri. Nov. 16
Click to Enlarge By Suzanne Davis and LeeAnn Barnes Gordon This year we are pleased to announce a new workshop session for the ASOR Annual Meeting, Archaeological Conservation Strategies in the Near...
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Religious Beliefs, Insurance, and “Acts of God”
Yesterday in my class on religion and science, we discussed the notion of “acts of God” and divine action. I started us off with the phrase “acts of God” as used in the realm of insurance policies,...
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Atlas Préhistorique de la Tunisie Online
Atlas Préhistorique de la Tunisie at the Institut National du Patrimoine, Tunisie Bizerte Cap-Bon El Jem Gabès Kairouan La Goulette Mahres, Maktar Souk el Arba Sousse Tunis Two additional fascicles are...
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Willard Libby, Alfred Nobel, and Ahanakht
How cool is this? While working on a post for our Artifact Lab blog, I Googled Ahanakht, the ancient Egyptian buried in an elaborately inscribed wooden coffin in our collection. Besides learning that...
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Open Access- Brukenthal. Acta Musei...
Open Access- Brukenthal. Acta Musei VII.1 http://www.brukenthalmuseum.ro/publicatii_en/01_1.htm
View ArticlePreliminary announcement: colloquium “Interpreting Textual Artefacts:...
I am currently working on putting together a colloquium, as a closing (and opening towards future research) event for my fellowship. More details will be posted here soon, but in the mean time, here is...
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Recent IAA Excavation Reports
The final report of a small excavation of biblical Japhia (Josh 19:12) has been published. The excavators identified possible hiding places used during the Jewish Revolt but not the double...
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I’ve been doing some more work on the Mithras Project pages. This has been entirely PHP and perl coding, tho. Daryn Lehoux kindly sent me a copy of the paperback of his book, Astronomy, Weather, and...
View ArticleTranslation of “The story of Joseph the Carpenter” (Coptic apocrypha) now...
Anthony Alcock has uploaded to Archive.org an English translation of a 4th century Coptic apocryphon, The story of Joseph the Carpenter. It’s here: http://archive.org/details/JosephTheCarpenter The...
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I’m considering using this image to advertise my course...
I’m considering using this image to advertise my course about Egyptian art & architecture next semester. Is this a meme that college kids get/know about?
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Who Owns the Bible?
Over on her blog Love, Joy, Feminism, Libby Anne has joined in a conversation between Chris Hallq and myself which never really took off. Perhaps this time it will. Click through to read her thoughts...
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Renewed Motion to Dismiss in Dinosaur Forfeiture Case
In response to the Government's Amended Complaint, my firm, Bailey & Ehrenberg PLLC along with Michael McCullough LLC, have filed a renewed motion to dismiss. The legal basis for the motion is...
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Is the “I” in Romans 7:14-25 Regenerate?
In my Romans course today I lectured on Rom 7:1-25 and had a great a discussion with my students about the spiritual status of the speaker (“I”) in verses 14-25. Not surprisingly, prior to the reading...
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Administrative: Open Access Week 2012
This is Open Access Week 2012AWOL is approching one million page views (992,605 as of today, to be exact), and has now surpassed 5200 subscribers by email, three and a half years after I deployed that...
View ArticleChoose Your Own Adventure Textbooks in Moodle!
Those who’ve read my blog for a long time or followed some of the projects I’ve undertaken will know that I have a longstanding interest in using technology to create genuinely interactive teaching...
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